Golf Mocs 8th in Old Waverly
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s golf team finished eighth out of 16 teams Tuesday at the storm-shortened Old Waverly Collegiate tournament at West Point, Miss. The Mocs shot a 288 on Tuesday, one stroke better than in the first round, but slipped four spots. South Florida won with a 560 and Lipscomb was second at 566. The Mocs’ Brooks Thomas tied for 11th individually at 141, while Wes Gosselin tied for 34th at 146 and Etienne Brault and Andrew Weathers shared 50th at 148. Stuart Thomas shot 151.
› With the third round canceled Tuesday because of thunderstorms at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., the UTC women’s golfers wound up tied for 13th at 620 in the 16-team Web.com Intercollegiate. The Mocs’ Monica San Juan tied for 20th individually at 152, two shots ahead of Cristina Perez. East Tennessee State won at 598, four strokes ahead of runner-up Cincinnati.
› The Lee University women’s golf team moved up two places to second with a finalround 293 in the Argonaut Invitational at the Marcus Pointe Golf Club in Pensacola, Fla. The Lady Flames, ranked 14th in NCAA Division II, totaled 601 compared to the 575 for 13th-ranked West Florida. Lee’s Caroline Moore tied for fifth individually at 146, while Annika Gino was seventh at 150, Sam Burrus tied for 11th and Anne Hedegaard was 15th. Haverly Harrold also made the top 20.
› Lee’s seventh-ranked men tied for fourth with 295 at the Tennessee River Rumble on Tuesday at the Tennessee National Golf Club in Loudon. It was supposed to be a 54-hole tournament but was cut to 18 holes for weather reasons. Lee’s Matt Strube played as an individual and was third in the medalist chase and all-tournament with a 3-under-par 69. Counting for the Flames, Adam Wright shot 72, Shea Sylvester 73, Matt Johnson 74 and Corey Sheppard 76.
BASKETBALL
› The Hoops for Hope tournament featuring area teams from various medical professional groups is set for Saturday at Chattanooga State, beginning at 11 a.m. Admission costs $5 for adults and $3 for students and children, and proceeds will go to Hatch’s House of Hope, a no-cost family service of the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer. Hosted by Chattanooga State’s radiation therapy program, the tournament includes teams representing Erlanger Radiation Therapy, T.C. Thompson Emergency Room, Erlanger E.R., Memorial Radiation Therapy, Parkridge Hospital and Voytik Ortho Center as well as Chattanooga State Radiology. Chances to win gift cards and other door prizes will be available for spectators.
BASEBALL
› Geremy Walton and Drew Johnson each homered and batted in two runs and Peyton Meeker also had two RBIs as Lee University beat visiting Albany State 10-1 in nonconference baseball Tuesday. Tyler Payne was 2-for-3 and scored three runs, and Wes Albert and three relievers pitched a combined six-hitter with nine strikeouts.
› Lindsey Wilson won 3-1 over Tennessee Wesleyan, ranked sixth in NAIA baseball, on Tuesday. That dropped the Bulldogs to 26-12.
› No. 20-ranked Bryan College beat No. 8 Georgia Gwinnett 5-0 on Tuesday as nine pitchers, one per inning, combined on a three-hitter and Wade Weinburger went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Trevor Behrent, Justin Morhardt, Brookes Jones and Mikey Rita each was 2-for-4 for the Lions, Behrent with an RBI.
› Slade Dale from Ringgold went 2-for4 and knocked in four of the runs for Berry College in a 27-4 rout of visiting Covenant. Donny Lewis had two RBIs and Caleb Bloye was 2-for-4 and scored twice for Covenant (12-18), while Trenton Nobles was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Joel Johnson also had two hits in stretching his hitting streak to 14 games.
SOFTBALL
› Sewanee’s scheduled softball doubleheader Tuesday at Maryville College was canceled.
› UTC canceled today’s scheduled home softball game against UAB because of the threat of severe storms.